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Originally posted by sugar and spice
I think they're getting "fundamentalists" mixed up with Christians in general. While it's true that the percentage of evangelicals didn't change, that doesn't mean that the percentage of people who are identifying more closely with Christianity -- and its, uh, values -- didn't change.
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You have any statistics to back that up? Also, are you implying that the percentage of non-fundamentalist Christians declined? Can you back that up? I didn't think so.
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Originally posted by sugar and spice
I've been to a couple recent talks on religion and they all say that the US in the midst of a major religious revival right now, and that the number of people who identify with a religion (mostly Christianity but not entirely) has jumped in recent years -- but especially since 9/11, not surprisingly.
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Who are "they" and what is their methodology for determining this? Please provide an internet link that expounds on this.
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Originally posted by sugar and spice
But religion is a major factor, one that I don't think should be overlooked or downplayed.
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I disagree with religion being a major factor. The economy was too weak for a Bush landslide, but too strong for an incumbent to lose, and that's the major factor. Anything else is just a peripheral part of a discussion about presidential electotral politics.
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